But on many occasions it's sufficient to maintain a quiet, watchful presence, giving the child a chance to move about and make discoveries.

Whether because he was protecting me or his men, it was important to him that my silent, watchful presence at the scene be eliminated.

Then she remained silent though Elspeth sensed her watchful presence in the back of her mind.

Interviews with scientists and weapons officials identified by inspectors have taken place only in the watchful presence of the regime's agents.

The watchful presence in the images of the analyst, who happens to be her father, gives the photographs a strange tension.

High up in the colorless sky hung a gray watchful presence.

They were used to looking unobtrusive, and Harrington showed no particular awareness of their watchful presence.

For anyone who has never had to relieve themselves in the watchful presence of an armed guard, I do not recommend it.

He wouldn't look, but he felt the whole world enhanced by that watchful presence.

No sign of any possible way to break in-he'd have to figure out a way past Sophie's watchful presence.